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I stopped in at a meeting of our local Chamber of Commerce (I'm a member, but rarely attend), and asked if I could ask a question. (two questions, actually, since the first one was about asking the second one)

They were spending big bucks on a "Shop Local" campaign, cause we're only 30 miles from a couple other towns where people can, and do tend to, shop.

I asked, "Why are we having to spend money on a campaign to get people to shop locally when the reason that so many of us do not shop locally is because the local businesses often don't seem to give a flyin' flip that we're shopping there?"

They looked stunned for a minute, and I said, "instead of spending money on trying to convince people to shop locally, maybe you should spend some time trying to find out why they don't".

It actually turned into a cordial conversation, with several of the chamber members giving their own examples of rudeness or aloofness or bad service by some of our local businesses.

(as so often happens I got drafted to head up that "why don't people shop locally" survey)

That has happened in my town, as well. I haven't asked the Chamber about it, but over and over I end up going to The Big City or The Smaller City (both about the same distance away) because local shops don't carry what I want or need. And when I ask, they just shrug as if to say, "Oh, well.".

I worked in the early-mid 90's in a craft shop in town. The owner bent over backwards to get items in that people wanted, even if she didn't normally carry them. Can't say the same for a lot of other stores here.

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That has happened in my town, as well. I haven't asked the Chamber about it, but over and over I end up going to The Big City or The Smaller City (both about the same distance away) because local shops don't carry what I want or need. And when I ask, they just shrug as if to say, "Oh, well.".

I worked in the early-mid 90's in a craft shop in town. The owner bent over backwards to get items in that people wanted, even if she didn't normally carry them. Can't say the same for a lot of other stores here.

Usually, when I find really good service locally, I'll ask, "are you part of the owner's family"? Often, that's it! They have skin in the game. We have a Mexican Restaurant where customer service is just absolutely wonderful - and it's almost all family and extended family. You don't have to visit there very often before they're calling you by name, and guessing what you're going to order.

1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

That has happened in my town, as well. I haven't asked the Chamber about it, but over and over I end up going to The Big City or The Smaller City (both about the same distance away) because local shops don't carry what I want or need. And when I ask, they just shrug as if to say, "Oh, well.".

I worked in the early-mid 90's in a craft shop in town. The owner bent over backwards to get items in that people wanted, even if she didn't normally carry them. Can't say the same for a lot of other stores here.

Not being able to get the stuff you want/need is really bad. It's even worse when they stop manufacturing it entirely. They tend to do that with most everything I actually like.

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